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I've said for over 20 yrs. on BRF that we must effectivelypunish Pak threefold.Militarily, diplomatically and economically.Crushing conventional military retaliatory measures.Diplomatic expulsions and a suspension of dpl. relations.These accompanied by trade sanctions, intervisits banned,no overflights to BDesh too.

^It's something India should have done a long time ago. What seems to keep India from taking these measures is naive idealism, plus some equally naive idea of reaching out to Pakistan's 'civil society'. Where has that gotten India? The civil society in Pakistan is overrated, and essentially powerless anyway.

Stop all political, economic, cultural and sporting links with that terrorist country. The notion of punishing MNCs and TNCs that do business with Pakistan is bold and wonderful, not to mention very appropriate.

And at Malappuram Dt, KeralaMean while in Kerala two students (from a certain minority community) have been arrested on charges of sedition. Well, they wanted freedom for a few sets of people (Ajaadeee...).^^ Posters stuck by the two "students".

The reason for the fire in the Aero India incident is suspected to be an overheated silencer of a parked car, according to a Ministry of Defence statement. The spokesperson said the rapid spread of fire was aided by strong winds reaching in excess of 30 kmph and the fact many vehicles were parked in direction of wind.

The new fire seems to have been minor.It's interesting that the spokesperson was from the ministry of defence.

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir plotter of the February 14 suicide bombing that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans was killed by security forces in a joint operation in Pulwama’s Pinglish area which ended in the early hours of Monday, the Army said.

With the killing of 23-year-old Mudassir Ahmed Khan, who worked as an electrician before taking to arms, 18 dreaded terrorists have been eliminated since last month’s suicide bombing.

Acting on Intelligence Bureau leads that JeM handler Ashiq Negru from Pulwama’s Rajpora was conceiving another terror attack in Pinglish, security forces conducted a search operation which turned into an encounter. While Mudassir and another terrorist have been eliminated, Negru is absconding.

The probe by intelligence agencies also led to a discovery that the carrier of explosives used in the Pulwama attack was one Mufti Abdullah, a resident of Karachi, who was eliminated in an encounter along with a local Jaish militant in Khanmoh, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on January 26. A cache of gelatin sticks, used in a stone quarry, was recovered from the site.

Addressing a joint press conference with J&K police and CRPF, the Corps Commander of Chinar Corps of the Army, KJS Dhillon, said: “We have eliminated 18 terrorists, out of them 14 alone were from Jaish-e-Mohammad. Besides, six out of 14 were main commanders. And today, JeM’s second commander Mudassir, who was the main conspirator in the national highway attack, has been killed.” Another terrorist, whose identity has not been ascertained, was also killed along with Khan. “We believe that the other terrorist was a Pakistani citizen. He used a code, ‘Khalid’. The two killings are a dent to Jaish-e-Mohammad,” said IG Kashmir Swayam Pani.

CRPF was also involved in the operation that ended on Monday. Zulfikar Hasan, IG CRPF (operations) Kashmir, said, “We are peacekeepers and we ensure that no one raises a gun against the country.”

TOI had on February 19 reported that Mudassir along with one Shaheed Baba were among the homegrown JeM terrorists, who were assisting a 21-member suicide squad that infiltrated from Pakistan in December last year.

Though Mudassir was a resident of Mir Mohalla of Tral, he had joined JeM in 2017 as an overground worker. He was recruited by Mohammad Tantrey alias Noor Trali. Mudassir had gone missing from his home in January 2018.

According to the probe details on both local and foreign members of the JeM squad that were involved in the Pulwama attack, Arzoo Bashir, a young man from Tral was recruited to carry out the suicide bombing. But he chickened out and ran away from the fidayeen squad. His family brought him to police. He is currently out on bail. Finally, Adil Ahmad Dar had carried out the suicide bombing.

The probe details reveal that Mufti Abdullah, a resident of Karachi, infiltrated into J&K from Hiranagar sector of the Jammu region. He was the group’s explosive’s expert. Another member of the squad was Negru. He brought around 15-17 terrorists to Kashmir. Another member was Kamran alias Ghazi, a Pakistani national killed in Pulwama encounter earlier. Hilal, a local militant, was killed along with Kamran.

Acting on Intelligence Bureau leads that JeM handler Ashiq Negru from Pulwama’s Rajpora was conceiving another terror attack in Pinglish, security forces conducted a search operation which turned into an encounter. While Mudassir and another terrorist have been eliminated, Negru is absconding.

The probe by intelligence agencies also led to a discovery that the carrier of explosives used in the Pulwama attack was one Mufti Abdullah, a resident of Karachi, who was eliminated in an encounter along with a local Jaish militant in Khanmoh, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on January 26. A cache of gelatin sticks, used in a stone quarry, was recovered from the site.

Addressing a joint press conference with J&K police and CRPF, the Corps Commander of Chinar Corps of the Army, KJS Dhillon, said: “We have eliminated 18 terrorists, out of them 14 alone were from Jaish-e-Mohammad. Besides, six out of 14 were main commanders. And today, JeM’s second commander Mudassir, who was the main conspirator in the national highway attack, has been killed.” Another terrorist, whose identity has not been ascertained, was also killed along with Khan. “We believe that the other terrorist was a Pakistani citizen. He used a code, ‘Khalid’. The two killings are a dent to Jaish-e-Mohammad,” said IG Kashmir Swayam Pani.

Looks like the agencies are going all guns blazing in the valley.All these guys seem to be getting picked off at will

India is giving final touches to its plan to counter any misadventure originating from terrorist groups across the Line of Control during the Lok Sabha election 2019. Lok Sabha elections will be held in 7 phases starting from April 11 to May 19. The counting will take place on May 23. The Election Commission of India will have to conduct the elections with less security forces available in comparison to 2014, considering the situation on border.

India, however, will be battle ready to deal with any emergency. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised the three service chiefs (Army, Air Force and Navy) to get a plan of action ready to thwart any emergency arising from across the border. India TV has learned that the Ministry of Defence is ready with the action plan. The plan is not for war but a preparation stage of war.

With majority of the security forces, paramilitary services and police forces occupied with the election process, terrorists’ groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and elements in the Pakistan army can be up to some mischief on the international border including the Kashmir Valley to destabilise the nation.

Keeping in mind all the eventualities and following the Prime Minister's advice, the defence ministry has swung into action. Last week, a meeting was called at the Situation Room in the South Block to prepare an action plan for preparatory stage of war. The meeting was attended by NSA Ajit Doval, IB chief Rajiv Jain, RAW chief Anil Dhasmana and the three service chiefs.

Some key decisions were taken in the meeting after which ammunition factories in India were asked to speed up production for contingency. The Jabalpur-Khamaria ordinance factory was advised to produce new bombs.

After the meeting, the Israeli developed missiles – SPICE were also asked to be ready for operation use. SPICE is EO/GPS guided kit that is used for converting air-droppable unguided bomb into guided precision bombs.

The underground emergency oil bankers were also asked to be ready with high-pressure oil for six months.::

@surnellFollow Follow @surnellMoreExtremely happy to announce with great pride that much admired, revered Mentor & guide Dr @rvaidya2000 (Retd IIMB Professor) has been appointed as a member of National Security Advisory Board under National Security Council. CONGRATULATIONS Sir! Wishing you all the very Best

BREAKING @IndiaToday: Big infra project vital for North East connecting Kolkata to Mizoram via Sitwe port in Myanmar under threat. How Indian Army thwarted the danger to #KaladanProject in a 2 week operation when focus was on responding to Pak post Pulwama More updates coming up

No mention of Indian strike, but army deployment in Mizoram is mentioned here as well.